Football at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Thailand from 30 November to 19 December 1998. 24 countries participated in the football competition.

Iran won the men's gold medal with the skeleton of the team that played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France with addition of some new players. Iran won the goal medal defeating Kuwait in the final 2–0. China beat the host team Thailand 3–0 in the bronze medal match to finish third.

China won the women's competition after beating North Korea 1–0 after the extra time.

Venues Bangkok Chiang MaiPathum Thani Rajamangala Stadium Supachalasai Stadium Thai-Japanese Stadium 700th Anniversary Stadium Thupatemi Stadium Thammasat Stadium Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 6,600 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 25,000 Suphanburi Songkhla Nakhon Sawan Sisaket Surat Thani Trang Suphanburi Stadium Tinsulanon Stadium Nakhon Sawan Stadium Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium Surat Thani Stadium Trang Municipality Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 4,789

Schedule PPreliminary roundSSecond round¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinals Event↓/Date → 30thMon 1stTue 2ndWed 3rdThu 4thFri 5thSat 6thSun 7thMon 8thTue 9thWed 10thThu 11thFri 12thSat 13thSun 14thMon 15thTue 16thWed 17thThu 18thFri 19thSat Men P P P P P P S S S S S S ¼ ½ F Women P P P P P P ½ F

Medalists MenBehzad GholampourMehdi MahdavikiaJavad ZarinchehMohammad KhakpourNader MohammadkhaniKarim BagheriAlireza MansourianSattar HamedaniHamid EstiliAli DaeiAli MousaviDariush YazdaniMohammad NavaziVahid HashemianAli KarimiAli JanmalekiRasoul KhatibiMahmoud FekriNima NakisaHamid Reza BabaeiKhaled Al-FadhliNaser Al-OmranJamal MubarakAli Abdulreda AselNohair Al-ShammariHussain Al-KhodariBader HajiMohammad Al-BuraikiAyman Al-HussainiHani Al-SaqerFaraj LaheebNawaf Al-KhaldiAhmad Al-MutairiKhaled AbdulqoddusSaleh Al-BuraikiMohammad JasemEsam SakeenNaser Al-OthmanJasem Al-HuwaidiAhmad Al-JasemJiang JinMa YongkangZhang EnhuaSun JihaiFan ZhiyiLi TieZhao JunzheMa MingyuHao HaidongYang ChenBian JunSui DongliangWang PengShu ChangHuang YongYao XiaLi WeifengLi JinyuChen DongChi RongliangWomenBai JieFan YunjieGao HongJin YanLiu AilingLiu YingMan YanlingQiu HaiyanShui QingxiaSun QiminSun WenWang JingxiaWang LipingWen LirongXie HuilinZhang OuyingZhao LihongZhao YanJin Pyol-huiJo Jong-ranJo Song-okKim Hye-ranKim Kum-silKim Song-ryoKim Sun-huiKim Sun-hyeKye Yong-sunPak Jong-aeRi Ae-gyongRi Hyang-okRi Jong-huiRi Kum-sukRi Kyong-aeSol Yong-sukYang Kyong-huiYun In-silMito IsakaHiromi IsozakiKazumi KishiTomomi MitsuiMai NakachiKae NishinaYumi ObeShiho OnoderaNami OtakeTomoe SakaiHomare SawaMiki SugawaraYumi TomeiTamaki UchiyamaYasuyo YamagishiNozomi YamagoRie YamakiMiyuki Yanagita

Medal table

Draw

Men

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

* Withdrew

Women

Group A

Group B

Squads

Final standing Men

Women

References RSSSF

External links Results Asian Football Results 1998